Railway crossing



J. W. BROWN RAILWAY CROSSING Filed Nov. 4, 1926 June 14, 1927. 1,632,725

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UNITED STATES AT N F E 7 gmcxson w. BROWN, or DE QUINCY,LoUIsIAnAQAssmNoR or roRTY-Frvn em CENT TO FA RIs E. 'rARRIs, or InnQUINCY,

LOUISIANA. V

RAILWAY CROSSING.

Application filed November 4,1926. seriaina mezae. f

' Another object of the present invention is to provide, animprovedcoupling of the above class formed from a single casting 15providedlwith recesses for receiving the meeting endsof the four railwayrails.

: Another object of the'present invention is to provide an improvedcoupling V of the above class having associated therewith novel 20 andimproved rails of great strength and a A further obje'ct of the presentinvention is the provision-of novel rails so constructed thatthe meetingends thereof will snugly 25 engage one another whereby to provide asmooth and efficient railway crossing.

Numerousyother objects and advantages.

of the present invention will become more readily apparent during thecourse of the following description when taken 1n connection with theaccompanying drawings."

In the drawings forming a part of this application and whereinlikecharacters of reference denote corresponding. parts throughout theseveral views:

a I Figurel is top planrview of the crossing constructed in accordancewith the present invention.

Figure tis a vertical sectional on. the line2-2 of Figure 1. Figure 3 isa. horizontal sectional view taken'on the line.3-3 of Figure2. V

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional View taken ...on the line 4 4: ofFigure 1.

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view show- 7 ing the meeting ends of twoalined rails.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one end of one of the rail sections. 7

F igure 7 is a perspective view of one end of one of the base sections.

Referring now more in detail to the accompanying drawings, the lettersA, B, O and D generally indicate fourj railway rail couplings providedby the present invention View taken in 1* igure 1 form 22 comprisesaffiat base and a tongue vided with the tongue 29 and used-in the mannershown and which, when a complete railway cross rug... Each of theosa-id'couplings is adapted.

tor connecting the meeting ends rails 10 11, 12 and 13 together.

Each of the couplings A,B, C and D is,

formed fromasingle casting of the desired metal and'embodies the alinedseats 14 and 15 and the alined seats 16 and 17 which are disposedat'right anglesto the first mentioned seats.- 1?

Each. of the said seats 14,15, 16 and 17 is provided with a verticalrecess 18 the walls or which are defined by spaced flanges 19 and20,;tl1e inner ends of thesaid .recesses communicatingiwith one anotherat the center of thecoupling. The recesses 18 communicate at their lowerends with transversely enlargedrecesses '21 which are adapted to receivethe bases of said rails.

' Each of the saidrails comprises a base section 22 shown in Figure 7and a rail sec tion 23 shown in Figure 6. The base section portion24 andan upstanding longitudinallyextending flange 25, said flange beingslightly oif-set from the longitudinal center of a said base. portion.The base portions 24: of the base sections are adapted tobe receivedwithin the transverse recesses 21 while the flanges 25 are adapted to bereceived within the recesses 18. As shown, the

the converging edge faces 26 and 27 conends of the rail 13 are providedwith the beveled converging edge faces 30 and 31 29. v The bevelededges30 and 13 engage the adjacent beveledv edgesof the rails 10 and 12 whilethe tongue 31 of the rail 29 engages the flat edge faces 28 of the rails10 11 and '12 as clearly shown in Figure ,3. It will of course beappreciated th one ofthe rails 10, 11,12 or 13may be prothis tongue isprovided so that the meetingends of the rails will snugly engage oneanother whereby to provide a smooth crossing. 'The rail section 23embodies a rail engaging portion 32 and a depending web 33 which isreceived Within the recess 18 in the coupling and which is adapted torest at its lower edge upon the base portion 24 .ofthe rail section andfacially abut the of the four ends of the base portions 24 of "the rails10,11 and'12 are beveled to provide at either flange 25. Thus, it willbe seen that there has been provided a rail of double strength and onewhich can be subjected to unusual hard usage without damaging the same.

The. flanges and webs 33 are provided with alined openings and 35through which are adapted to be inserted suitable fastening bolts 36which pass transversely through the flanges l9 and 20 of the coupling.Each of the said rails is also provided with a notch 37 to compensatefor the customary flanges formed on car wheels.

llith the above construction, it will be evident that there has beenprovided a novel and simplified coupling for connecting the meetingends. of tour railway rails and that both the couplings and railsemployed are of a novel and efiicient yet simple and durableconstruction.

Changes in the details of construction may be resorted to withoutdeparting from or sacrificing the spirit of the invention so long assuch changes fall within thescope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

l. The combination with a railway crossing coupling provided with twopairs or alined recesses disposed at. an angle to one another, of aplurality of rails received within said recesses, each rail consistingof a base section and a rail section, the meeting ends of said railsbeing beveled and snugly engaging one another.

2. The combination with a railway crossing coupling provided with twopairs of alined recesses disposed at an angle to one another. of aplurality ojl rails received within said rece 5, each rail including abase section consisting of a base portion and an upstanding tiange and arail section consisting of a rail engaging portion and a depending webadapted to upon the said base portion and abut the upstanding flange,the meeting ends of said rails being beveled and snugly engaging oneanother.

:5. The combination with a railway cros. ing coupling provided with apair of alined recesses tor receiving the meeting ends of two rails anda second pair of alined recesses disposed at an angle to the first namedrecesses "for receiving the meeting ends of two other rails, ot aplurality of rails received within said recesses, each rail in cluding abase section consisting of a base portion and an upstanding flange and arail section consisting of a rail engaging portion and a depending webadapted to rest upon said base portion, the meeting ends of the saidbase portions being beveled and snugly engaging one another.

-l-. The combination with a railway crossing coupling provided with twopairs of alined recesses disposed at an angle to one another, of aplurality of rails received within said recesses, the meeting ends ofsaid rails being beveled and snugly engaging one another.

'. The combination with a railway crosscoupling provided with two pairsof ned recesses disposed at an angle to each ot ier, the recesses beingwidened at their l'iottoms and the side walls of the recesses beingdeiined by upstanding flanges, of a plurality oi rails received withinthe rec es, each rail including a base section conszstmg ot a baseportion and an upstanding flange, the base portion being seated withinthe enlarged bottom portion of the respective recess and the upstandingflange being received within the recess and abutting against one wallthereot', each rail further including a rail section consisting of ahead portion and a depending web, the depending web of the said railsection abutting against and received between the other wall or therespective recess and the upstanding iiaitge oi the respective basesection with its lower edge. resting upon the base portion of the baser--tt,'il()ll, the meeting ends of the said rails abutting, and securingmeans passed through the said walls of the recesses of the crosrngcoupling and through the upstanding liaugcs and depending webs of theail sections received therehetween.

(5. The combination with a railway crossing coupling provided with twopairs of alined recrses disposed at an angle to each other. ot' aplurality of rails received within said rec es, each rail including abase section consisting of a base portion and an upstanding llange, thebase portion of one rail having angular end portions and a tongueer-ztending beyond the same, the base section of the rail alinedtherewith having angular end portions and anintervening straight portionthe latte abutting the end oi the tongue, the base sections oi the otherrails having angular port ons abutting the angular port ons oi the basesections of the first mentioned rails and laving straight interveningportions abutting the opposite sides of the tongue oi the firstmentioned rail.

in testimony whereof he does atiix his signature.

JACKSON lV. BROWN.

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